We are proud to be part of the latest round of funding from Predator Free 2050 Ltd. The funding will allow us to take the trap to the next level with the development of an auto-reset mechanism, an intelligent trigger to keep our taonga safe, and an automated kill and clear mechanism.

We've had our trap out in the field and, over a sustained period, the trap has shown a catch rate 10x higher than traditional traps.

We report on results of a trap deployment from September 2021 through to March 2022.

2021 was a very productive year for us here. So we thought it was time for a recap of our products and an overview of what the products can do for you. Today we focus on our Thermal Camera.

For Covid, NZ was applying an elimination strategy that acknowledges there will still be cases but they can be controlled. With predators, NZ has great success with elimination on islands and in fenced sanctuaries. There are now numerous projects attempting elimination on the mainland. An analogy with Covid is useful as it helps understand the key tools needed for an elimination strategy.

If you have read any of our previous work you know just how many predators walk past baited traps. We suspect there is no combination of great baits/traps that will ever make it possible to catch every last predator. Just as you would not be able to catch ALL the fish in an area with just line fishing. We may need something of a more industrial scale to achieve total predator elimination.

The team have been busy again - new software features, new products from our partners at 2040.co.nz, and an update on manufacturing.

We're proud to be featured in the press release from our friends at Predator Free 2050 about the latest tech now available.

Some great research on hedgehogs in the McKenzie Basin by Nick Foster.

A brief update sharing more video evidence of low interaction rates on tree-mounted devices.

We've recently released a number of improvements to our online portal and to our Sidekick android app.

Our high catch rate trap has now been out in the wild in a few areas so it's time to give you a brief update.

Our customer set up the trap according to the manufacturer's instructions and had already caught one possum before the camera was put in front of it. Over the next three weeks the video shows 79 predators wandering past and zero catches.

The Cacophony Project exists to put better tools in the hands of everyone engaged in the battle to make Aotearoa Predator Free. So when we hear DOC's Program Manager for Predator Free 2050 excited about our tools having the possibility to "really change the game", it helps confirm our belief that we're on the right journey.

For a period a 3 months last year we had the pleasure of having Sapphire Hampshire join the project as an intern. Saphy was a Master's student in International Nature Conservation at Lincoln University, from Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen.

Improved mobile performance, new video player and battery alerts.

Our partners at 2040.co.nz have recently provided a Thermal Camera to the hard working folk at Auckland Council who manage the impressively predator-free Shakespear National Park.
Read all about how our technology is helping them tackle a stoat invasion here

Our high interaction rate traps are out in the field catching predators at multiple sites. Today we share some early results and a short update on some of the improvements we're making as we learn more.

Once an area has been cleared of predators, how can we defend it? The traditional answer has been static fences. Today we introduce a new concept - making those fences active.

A group from Auckland University has been training AI models using our thermal video library.
We are very pleased with the results the team have achieved and we will be including the details of these models in our upcoming software updates for the Cacophony monitoring tools. We're confident this will help increase the accuracy of our classifications and thus reduce effort even further.

“You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Abbie Reynolds, CEO, Predator Free 2050
If you’ve ever been involved in installing and maintaining a trapping network, you’ve probably already spent hours (perhaps a few, perhaps dozens, perhaps hundreds) trying to measure the abundance of predators.